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Originally posted by Demz
at the Minimum ur gonna need atleast a 2500+Cpu or a intel 2.6 or more with atleast 512MB ram, 128MB Vid card an a decent size HDD
2500+ Minimum, she wants a simple computer!...It may be just a secondary computer in a study or bedroom for work, which means it isn't going to get used for heavy resource hogging stuff!
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Originally posted by traxor
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.6GHz)
512Mb - 1Gb RAM
that would be a bitch of a computer, and will do all of your basic needs...
Yeah, it would...but really, it depends on what she's going to use it for...
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Originally posted by Hobbes
500 mhz is NOT enough.
I have Windows XP and office running on a 500mhz computer, it's a secondary computer that is used quite a bit for things like work, programming and just to use MSN and browse the internet, in private (and no not for pr0n, it has a filtered connection
). For those needs it works fine, just a little slow to start up...I just beefed it up with a bit of RAM a few years ago, that gives it a cheap boost.
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Originally posted by Hobbes
She probobly wants to play some computer games. Who doesnt play
Workstations at Schools and Workplaces don't need to be played on, so why would she need to if it is a very simple computer she wants?
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Originally posted by Hobbes
Also to watch stuff like episodes from the internet.
Like downloaded TV shows or DVDs. Ok it is best to consider that, but with these things it's more a matter of if you actually close all the unneeded applications they work fine on older PCs, but you may need to get a DVD Reader\CD-RW for DVDs and a CD-RW because it is useful. Get a 16mb graphics card to render images more accurately and install a resource friendly media player and the codecs, then it'll work fine on a low-spec PC...
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Originally posted by Hobbes
And i dought u can still buy those kind of computers
I think people have forgotten the art of hanging around car boot sales, you can pick them up there cheaply and they still do the basics...Or Build it as chris100 said. Or even go on eBay.
As for going Linux, it has it's up and downs.
You can get a resource friendly version, which is good on lower-spec computers.
However some people find that just putting on Windows is quicker, and you can always make sure that you have the right software to run Office properly, as many people like to.
Xpirdwingz, would you mind telling us what you're going to use the computer for (in as much detail as possible)? That way we can tell you exactly what the specifications you will be able to get away with minimum. Cheers
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